Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany by bathing in a lake in the village of Leninskoe, near Bishkek. Camera: IGOR KOVALENKO.

Among the most notable destinations in Kyrgyzstan, Lake Issyk-Kul shines as a natural landmark, ideal for visiting in summer, reinforcing that this is the best time to travel to Kyrgyzstan.

Issyk-Kul is an endorheic saline lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan's western Tianshan Mountains, south of a separator range from Kazakhstan. The eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest by ...